Murder at the Black Cat Café

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In post-war Tokyo, still recovering from devastating bombing raids, a policeman patrolling past The Black Cat Café discovers the body of a woman in a hastily dug hole. Detective Kosuke Kindaichi is called in to untangle what appears to be a straightforward murder — but nothing at The Black Cat Café is as it seems, and the web of love, jealousy, and betrayal that surrounds the victim extends far deeper than the grave. Seishi Yokomizo's standalone mystery brings his famous detective to the rubble and reconstruction of occupied Tokyo, where the chaos of the post-war years provides cover for crimes that might have been impossible in peacetime. Kindaichi's shabby appearance belies a formidable intelligence. A murder mystery set in the wreckage of one era and the uncertain beginning of another — where the war may be over, but the violence has merely changed forms.